Dream of Venomous Snakes

[Astar]

I found myself in a lucid dream where some non-descript guy was holding a large Gaboon Viper. It was wrapped around his neck and he was using his arms to support it's head and tail.

He was standing in front of me and trying to hand the snake over to me. he kept saying, "don't worry, it will not do anything". I did not feel as if I could trust the snake, so I did not accept it. The snake was beautiful to look at with it's many patterns and colors, but at the same time very menacing.

The Gaboon Viper opened it's mouth to show it's large and powerful fangs....then I found myself in a room with 4 cages that contained various other viper specimens. One cage had a Copperhead, another had an Eastern Diamondback, another had a Fer-De-Lance and the last cage had a Jera-Rocca (Sp?). All very large and very venomous species.

These snakes seemed more magickal than real...they were alot more colorful and animated than real ones. They seemed to glow iridescently.

The cages had bars...as opposed to being glass holding tanks...so these snakes were able to stick their heads out between the bars. For some reason...I had the understanding that this snake collection belonged to me and I was responsible for it. They were all sticking their heads out from between the bars and showing off their fangs.    

One of the snakes (the copperhead) slithered out from between the bars and started crawling around the room. I was not able to handle the snake and get him back into the cage for fear of being bitten.

Then the dream ended with me trying to figure out a way to get it back into the cage. I am not sure if I succeeded.

I have alot of strange dreams...but this is the first snake dream that I have had in a long time...any thoughts on what this could mean?

[thesickmoon]

"And the Lords anointed a leader to guide the caravan of the heavens to their new homeland. And unto the leader, they gave a vision of serpents, numbering two and ten, as a sign of things to come."
--Pythia